Episode 11 | Distributed by Design

This week on Velocitea, Emily and Forrest pull back the curtain on how they’ve built and scaled a fully distributed company in an era obsessed with return-to-office mandates.

They unpack the real incentives behind RTO, the productivity myth of “visible busyness,” and why written culture, intentional connection, and flexibility matter more than shared square footage. From hiring outside tech hubs to designing workflows around real life, they share what’s worked (and what they’re still learning) as a 20+ person remote team.

If you’re building a company and wondering whether in-person is truly required for innovation and performance, this is a candid look at what distributed can actually look like when done intentionally.